2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002.^[1]

Participating nations edit

Draw edit

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Great Britain

Solihull, England (indoor carpet)

bye

Great Britain

5

Maia, Portugal (clay)

Ukraine

Portugal

0

Ukraine

2

Wels, Austria (indoor hard)

Portugal

3

Ukraine

1

Austria

4

Austria

Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet)

bye

Austria

1

bye

Croatia

4

bye

Croatia

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

bye

Belarus

3

Zimbabwe

2

bye

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Zimbabwe

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Slovenia

2

Slovenia

2

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Finland

3

Slovenia

Finland

2

bye

Italy

3

bye

Italy

Ukraine and Slovenia relegated to Group II in 2001.
Great Britain, Croatia, Belarus, and Italy advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round edit

Portugal vs. Ukraine edit

Portugal
3

Maia Tennis Complex, Maia, Portugal^[2]
9–11 February 2001
Clay

Ukraine
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Emanuel Couto Andriy Medvedev	7 5	1 6	3 6	2 6
2	Bernardo Mota Andrei Dernovskiy	3 6	6 4	6 3	3 6	6 1
3	Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques Andrei Dernovskiy / Andriy Medvedev	6 4	4 6	7 5	6 4
4	Bernardo Mota Andriy Medvedev	0 6	1 6	2 6
5	Emanuel Couto Andrei Dernovskiy	6 3	6 4	7⁹ 6⁷

Finland vs. Slovenia edit

Finland
3

Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland^[3]
9–11 February 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Slovenia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Tuomas Ketola Andrej Kračman	6 3	6 3	6 4
2	Jarkko Nieminen Marko Tkalec	6 4	6 2	6 2
3	Ville Liukko / Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman / Borut Urh	4 6	7⁷ 6²	7⁷ 6⁴	6³ 7⁷	4 6
4	Tuomas Ketola Marko Tkalec	2 6	6¹ 7⁷	3 2			retired
5	Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman	6 3	6 1	7 5

Second round edit

Great Britain vs. Portugal edit

Great Britain
5

National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, England^[4]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Tim Henman Tiago Vinhas Sousa	6 2	6 1	6 1
2	Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto	6 3	6³ 7⁷	6 1	6 2
3	Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto / António van Grichen	6 1	7⁷ 6⁵	7¹⁰ 6⁸
4	Martin Lee António van Grichen	6 2	6 0
5	Lee Childs Tiago Vinhas Sousa	6 1	6 4

Croatia vs. Austria edit

Croatia
4

Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatia^[5]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Austria
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Goran Ivanišević Stefan Koubek	6 4	6 3	7⁷ 6³
2	Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle	4 6	6⁵ 7⁷	6³ 7⁷
3	Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer	6 4	7⁹ 6⁷	4 6	6 3
4	Ivan Ljubičić Stefan Koubek	5 7	6 3	7⁷ 6³	6 3
5	Mario Ančić Clemens Trimmel	4 6	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴

Belarus vs. Zimbabwe edit

Belarus
3

Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarus^[6]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Zimbabwe
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Vladimir Voltchkov Wayne Black	2 3				retired
2	Max Mirnyi Byron Black	6 3	7 5	6 0
3	Max Mirnyi / Alexander Shvets Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett	7⁸ 6⁶	5 7	3 6	6⁵ 7⁷
4	Alexander Shvets Byron Black	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵	6 1
5	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴	7 5

Finland vs. Italy edit

Finland
2

Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland^[7]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Italy
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Ville Liukko Federico Luzzi	4 6	6⁷ 7⁹	6 4	6 3	12 14
2	Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra	6 3	6¹ 7⁷	2 6	4 6
3	Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra / Vincenzo Santopadre	5 7	5 7	4 6
4	Jarkko Nieminen Filippo Volandri	6 3	7 5
5	Tapio Nurminen Vincenzo Santopadre	6 3	6 4

Second round relegation play-offs edit

Austria vs. Ukraine edit

Austria
4

Bosch-Halle, Wels, Austria^[8]
21–23 September 2001
Hard (indoors)

Ukraine
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Stefan Koubek Andrei Dernovskiy	6 0	6 3	3 6	6 1
2	Markus Hipfl Orest Tereshchuk	6 3	6 1	6 1
3	Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk	6⁶ 7⁸	6 2	3 6	6 1	3 6
4	Markus Hipfl Andriy Medvedev	6 4	4 6	6 0	6 4
5	Stefan Koubek Taras Demyanenko	6 0	6 3

Zimbabwe vs. Slovenia edit

Zimbabwe
3

City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe^[9]
21–23 September 2001
Hard (indoors)

Slovenia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Kevin Ullyett Marko Tkalec	7 5	7 5	6 4
2	Wayne Black Iztok Božič	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	6 3	3 6	4 6
3	Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Boštjan Ošabnik / Matija Zgaga	6 3	6 3	6 3
4	Wayne Black Marko Tkalec	6 4	6 4	2 6	6 4
5	Genius Chidzikwe Iztok Božič	6 3	1 6	4 6

References edit

^ "2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Portugal v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
^ "Great Britain v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Croatia v Austria". daviscup.com.
^ "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Italy". daviscup.com.
^ "Austria v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
^ "Zimbabwe v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

External links edit

Davis Cup official website

[1] "2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[2] "Portugal v Ukraine". daviscup.com.

[3] "Finland v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

[4] "Great Britain v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[5] "Croatia v Austria". daviscup.com.

[6] "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.

[7] "Finland v Italy". daviscup.com.

[8] "Austria v Ukraine". daviscup.com.

[9] "Zimbabwe v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

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